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Last year Bristol
Hotrods were invited to the Bristol Pegasus Motor Club's Tuition and Track Day
at Castle Combe. The impromptu lunchtime parade of rods seemed to go down well
with the spectators and the track operators, so for 2010 the Pegasus Club had
approval from the circuit for another lunchtime "Hot-Rod Parade". This time we
were encouraged to bring along even more rods for the day, with the offer of
free entrance to the circuit, and a place in the lunch-time Parade around the
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Despite some very
heavy rain in the morning, several Bristol rodders met up at the Griffin before
setting off for the circuit. They were joined by a few more cars on the way,
while a couple more made their way down the M4 from Swindon. Good to see Swompy
join the convoy in his tidy blue Pop. |
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Ian and Swompy |
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| John Hall's
Austin; Ian's, Ian's, and Swompy's Pops. |
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| Unsuspecting
rodders line up for track time. They said is was a bit greasy, but nobody
expected the total lack of traction.. |
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At 12:30 the rods
were led out onto the track behind the safety car. Although the rain had
stopped, the track was still covered in a film of water, and even at low speed
it was very easy to lose the back end. Within a few laps three cars had left
the track in 180 (or more!) spinouts. |
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| Ivor's Austin,
now with paint and glass, and a great stance. Ivor could hardly touch the
accelerator pedal on the track, it was so easy to break loose. |
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gone!.. |
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Oops! Reg, Neil
and Ian all spun off the track coming out of the treacherous Camp Corner.
Luckily no armco in the way, and no damage done - but a lot of surprise at
how slick the track was after the rain. |
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Although the
weather was poor (and torrential on the way home) the turnout was pretty
good - so I hope we'll be invited again next time, and get an even bigger
turnout if the weather is with us.
Ian |
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Pics by Ian and
Phil, and thanks to Tony Smith of the Bristol Pegasus Motor Club for the track
pictures. |
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Tony has set up a
‘2010 Track Day Review’ page which can be found at:
 Castle Combe Track Day Review.. |
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..and you'll find
loads more photos in their gallery. For £2.50, a high resolution image
(taken on a Nikon digital SLR) can be emailed to you, enabling you to produce
any size print, or to have as your desktop wallpaper:
Castle Combe Track Day Gallery |
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Plenty more pics
here on the Pegasus Club main site:
Castle Combe Hot Rod Parade Gallery |
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A couple of the
'offs' were caught on this
YouTube video from the spectator bank |
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Here's
John's
YouTube video from inside the Fordson |
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